μεταξύ
Etym. μετά, ξύν
I. adv.,
1. of Place, "betwixt, between", Il., etc.; with the Art., τὸ μεταξύ Hdt.; ἐν τῷ μ. Thuc.
2. of Time, "between-whiles, meanwhile", Hdt., etc; with pres. part., μεταξὺ ὀρύσσων "in the midst of" his digging, Lat. inter fodiendum, id=Hdt.; μ. θύων Ar.; λέγοντα μ. "in the middle of" his discourse, Plat.
b. "after, afterwards", NTest.
3. of Qualities, τὰ μ. "intermediate", i. e. neither good nor bad, Plat.
II. as prep. with gen. "between", Hdt., etc.
2. of Time, ὁ μ. τῆς δίκης τε καὶ τοῦ θανάτου [χρόνος] Plat.; τὰ μ. τούτου "meanwhile", Soph.